Allows you to specify the positional orientation of the label with respect to the labeled object.
Applying the orientation property with the Clear Space Margin with Dimensions (DwgMatchlineWithDim) positioning module enables you to select from five base values: Right, Left, Bottom, Top, or Auto.
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Right places the label in the right margin of the view.
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Left places the label in the left margin of the view.
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Bottom places the label in the bottom margin of the view.
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Top places the label in the top margin of the view.
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Auto places the label by default in the margin that is closest to the labeled object.
You can select additional values, Longitudinal and Transversal, by combining the Local CS Origin with Object Axis (DrawingPGEquipmentStyle2) point generator with the Clear Space Margin with Dimensions (DwgMatchlineWithDim) positioning module. If you do not use the Local CS Origin with Object Axis point generator, these additional values do not display in the interface.
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Longitudinal places the leader line of the label along the major, or longer, axis of the object that you are labeling.
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Transversal places the leader line of the label along the minor, or shorter, axis of the object that you are labeling.
To apply margin grid labels outside of the matchline to your view style, you must use the positioning modules Clear Space Grid Margin (DrawingMarginOnly) and/or Absolute Grid Margin (DrawingGridLblMgnAbsPos).
For grid labels, the possible values for Orientation are Top, Bottom, Left, and Right. You cannot specify any two of these in same label template. For example, in order to place grid labels in both the bottom and right margins, you must create separate label rules and templates for each orientation. Then, you must apply each label rule to different filter criteria in the view style.
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The following image shows the Orientation property with two separate label templates, Right and Bottom, applied.
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The following image shows the Orientation property with two separate label templates, Left and Top, applied.
Additionally, you can place the grid labels inside the matchline by applying the Clear Space Grid Horizontal (DrawingGridLblHoriz), Clear Space Grid Vertical (DrawingGridLblVert), or Clear Space Position Marine Grid Label at Margin (SMDwgPositionGridLblMarginOnly) positioning modules. Clear Space Grid Horizontal supports either a Left or Right value. Clear Space Grid Vertical supports either a Top or Bottom value. Clear Space Position Marine Grid Label at Margin supports Top, Bottom, Left, or Right values.
When using the Clear Space Grid Horizontal (DrawingGridLblHoriz) positioning module, you cannot specify both Left and Right as the label orientation in the same label template. Likewise, when using the Clear Space Grid Vertical (DrawingGridLblVert) positioning module, you cannot specify both Top and Bottom as the label orientation within the same label template. You must create separate label rules and templates for each orientation. Then, apply each label rule to different filter criteria in the view style.
Use the positioning module Clear Space Coordinate (DrawingCoordLblPosMod) positioning module to place coordinate labels. Coordinate labels contain the Northing and Easting positional information for the labeled object. You can select either the Horizontal or Vertical coordinate along which to place the Orientation for the label.
In the following image, the system has placed horizontal and vertical labels containing the Easting and Northing coordinates, respectively.
Manual .xml edits depend on the module that you use, as follows.
Positioning Module |
XML Value |
Corresponding |
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Absolute XY Offset |
1 |
Up |
2 |
Down |
|
3 |
Left |
|
4 |
Right |
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Absolute Grid Margin |
1 |
Top |
2 |
Bottom |
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3 |
Left |
|
4 |
Right |
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Clear Space Coordinate |
0 |
Horizontal |
1 |
Vertical |
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Clear Space Grid Horizontal |
3 |
Left |
4 |
Right |
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Clear Space Grid Margin |
1 |
Top |
2 |
Bottom |
|
3 |
Left |
|
4 |
Right |
|
Clear Space Grid Vertical |
1 |
Top |
2 |
Bottom |
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Clear Space Margin with Dimensions, |
0 |
Auto |
1 |
Top |
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2 |
Bottom |
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3 |
Left |
|
4 |
Right |
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Clear Space Margin with Dimensions, |
5 |
Longitudinal |
6 |
Transversal |
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Point Generator |
XML Value |
Corresponding Placement |
Local CS Origin with Object Axis |
5 |
Longitudinal |
Local CS Origin with Object Axis, only for Equipment |
6 |
Transversal |
Enclose any of the above values within the following XML tags.
<orientation>1</orientation>